happy
noun
- 1
A happy event, thing, person, etc.
noun
- 1
Preceded by the: happy people as a group.
verb
- 1
Often followed by up: to become happy; to brighten up, to cheer up.
- 2
Often followed by up: to make happy; to brighten, to cheer, to enliven.
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adjective
- 1
Having a feeling arising from a consciousness of well-being or of enjoyment; enjoying good of any kind, such as comfort, peace, or tranquillity; blissful, contented, joyous.
“Music makes me feel happy.”
- 2
Experiencing the effect of favourable fortune; favored by fortune or luck; fortunate, lucky, propitious.
- 3
Content, satisfied (with or to do something); having no objection (to something).
“Are you happy to pay me back by the end of the week?”
- 4
(Of acts, speech, etc.) Appropriate, apt, felicitous.
“a happy coincidence”
- 5
(in combination) Favoring or inclined to use.
“slaphappy, trigger-happy”
- 6
(of people, often followed by "at" or "in") Dexterous, ready, skilful.
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